Trunk.



No. 819,974. PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.

W. H. BOSOHEN.

TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.15, 1905 mglmm [NVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

TRUNK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 190.6.

Application filed December 15.1905- Serial No. 291.849.

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BOSCHEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunks; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make. and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in trunks, and moreparticularly to the construction of the trays thereof and the actuatingmechanism therefor.

The object of my said invention is to construct a trunk provided with atray comprising two sections, one.section thereof being adapted to beelevated into the cover simultaneously with and by the raising of thecover, the other section being adapted to slide rearwardly into theraised cover under the elevated section.

In order that my invention may be more thoroughly understood, I haveillustrated in the accompanying drawings one form of trunk embodying myimprovements, and a full and exact description thereof is contained inthe annexed specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved trunk with the cover thereof raised. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view of the trunk with the cover raised, showing the frontsection of the tray in its rearward position. Fig. 3 is an end view ofthe trunk when closed and showing the tray and elevating mechanism indotted lines. Fig. 4.'is a perspective view of a portion of the rearsection of the tray and the actuating mechanism therefor, and Fig. 5isan enlarged detail view of one of the traysupporting bars.

In the several views like letters of reference designate similar partsof my improved desition to the ends of the trunk and extend from therear edge a thereof 'to the front. These bars 0 C are provided with thetrack portion 0 0, upon which the tray is adapted to slide rearwardlyinto the cover B when raised, the cover being provided with strips 6 6preferably of metal, which form continuations of the tracks 0 c.

D D, respectively, designate the front and rear sections of the tray andtogether occupy practically all the space in the cover B when lowered,the said sections being provided with suitably-inclined portions (1 and(1, respectively, to prevent any binding of the parts when the cover israised or lowered.

0Z designates the cover of the section D and ishinged to the rear edgethereof in any desirable manner, fasteners d being provided to lock thesame when closed.

d designates the lid of the section D and is hinged in any desirablemanner at the rear thereof, and in order to give access to the interiorof this section when in a rearward position this lid is provided with afront flap d d designates the locking means for. the cover at.

The elevating mechanism for section D comprises levers E E, pivoted tothe ends of the body A at the points 6 e slightly below thesupporting-bar C C and adapted to work in slots 0 in said bars C, asshown in Fig. 5.

F F are links pivoted at one end to the free ends of the levers E E, asat f f, and secured at their other end to the section D, as at f f.

G G are bars secured to the ends of the cover A, as at g g, and areconnected at their ends to the links F F by the links I I In order topermit the admission of these links I I between the links F F and leversE E when the cover is lowered, the said levers and links are properlydistanced at their points of pivoting f f.

From the foregoing description the operation of my device is obvious andis as follows: With the arts in the position shown in Fig. 3, when t ecover B is raised the section D of the tray, through the medium of theseveral levers and v links, is simultaneously raised and throwninto thecover, the arrangement of the levers being such that the section isalways held in a horizontal position during its movement, thuspreventing the displacement of its contents. The cover having beenraised, the section D may be slid rearwardly into the same, as shown inFig. 2, thus giving access to both sections of the tray and also to theinterior of the trunk. When desired to close the trunk, the section D isdrawn forward, as in Fig. 1, whereupon the cover may be lowered and thesection D simultaneously returned to the position shown in dotted lines,Fig. 3.

i What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. In a trunk, the combination with a tray comprising a front and rearsection, of means for elevating one of said sections, the other of saidsections being adapted to slide under said elevated section,substantially as described.

2. In a trunk, the combination with a tray comprising a front and rearsection, of means for elevating one of said sections in the cover whenraised, the other of said sections being adapted to slide under saidelevated section, substantially as described.

3. In a trunk, the combination with a tray comprising a front and rearsection, of means for elevating one of said sections in the cover whenraised, the other of said sections being adapted to slide into saidcover under said elevated section, substantially as described.

4:. In a trunk, the combination with a tray comprising a front and rearsection, of means for automatically elevating one of said sections inthe cover when raised, the other of said sections being adapted to slideinto said cover under said elevated section, substantially as described.

5. In a trunk, the combination with a tray comprising a fr ont and rearsection, of means connected with the cover of the trunk forantomatically elevating one of said sections therein when raised, theother of said sections being adapted to slide under said elevatedsection, substantially as described.

6. In a trunk, the combination with a tray comprising a front and rearsection, of means under said elevated section, substantiallyasdescribed.

8. Ina trunk, the combination with a tray comprising a fr ont sectionand a rear section, of connections between said rear section and thecover of the trunk whereby said section may be automatically raised andlowered and means whereby said front t1 ay can be moved rearwar dly intothe cover when said rear section is elevated, substantially asdescribed.

9. In a trunk, the combination with a body portion having its rear walllower than the front, of a cover hinged to the rear wall,supporting-bars provided with track portions secured to the ends of saidbody portion and extending forward fr om the top of the rear sidethereof, a tray comprising a front and a rear section, adapted to reston the track portions of said suppor ting-bar s, levers pivoted to theends of said body portion, links connecting said levers with said reartray-section and connections between said links and said cover wherebysaid rear section may be automatically raised and lowered, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM H. BOSCHEN.

Witnesses:

E. C. TAYLOR, STUART BOWE.

